After Vince Lombardi relinquished the head coaching duties to longtime assistant Phil Bengston following Super Bowl II, he continued on as the Packers’ General Manager in 1968. By all accounts, he was miserable without the daily contact with the players and the X’s and O’s of the game he loved. To his credit, he minimized his meddling with Bengston’s team, but soon needed to get back into “the game.” Accordingly, he took the head coaching position with the Washington Redskins the next year.
Monday, December 01, 2008
Lonely Lombardi on Game Day
After Vince Lombardi relinquished the head coaching duties to longtime assistant Phil Bengston following Super Bowl II, he continued on as the Packers’ General Manager in 1968. By all accounts, he was miserable without the daily contact with the players and the X’s and O’s of the game he loved. To his credit, he minimized his meddling with Bengston’s team, but soon needed to get back into “the game.” Accordingly, he took the head coaching position with the Washington Redskins the next year.